Act of War: Direct Action Preview

Act of War is a real surprise. Rather than attempting to create a unique-selling-point of its own, it takes another's that has also, surprise, fallen into a sort of self-inflicted disrepute. That is, Command and Conquer - specifically, the Red Alert/Generals variety - and tries to just claim its position at the head of the table by that old-fashioned notion of simplybeing better. While it remains to be seen whether it manages the task, the preview build sitting on the Eurogamer hard-drive shows a drive and ambition which has long since been absent from Electronic Art's work.